Passenger gets trapped under train in Maharashtra's Akola district; rescued

A 50yearold man was injured after he slipped while alighting a train and got trapped under it in Maharashtras Akola district the Railway Police informed on TuesdayThe incident took place at the Murtijapur railway station approximately at 420 pm on Monday an official stated according to the news agency PTIThe injured was alighting from the PuneAmravati train on platform no 2 when he lost his footing slipped and got trapped under the train he saidThe official said the Railway Police had to extricate the injured passenger with the help of a local rescue team and a gas cutter was used to remove the footboard of the train and pull him out safelyThe man suffered serious injuries to his legs and was rushed to a local government hospital where he is undergoing treatment he addedMaharashtra 20 passengers injured after private bus hits another vehicle on MumbaiNashik highwayAs many as 20 passengers of a private bus sustained injuries after it hit another vehicle on the MumbaiNashik highway near Ghoti in Maharashtras Nashik district on Monday evening police said reported news agency PTIThe accident took place on the MumbaiNashik highway when the private bus was going towards Panvel in Navi Mumbai from Chalisgaon in Jalgaon district of north Maharashtra an official said reported PTIThe driver lost control and the bus crashed into another vehicle on the MumbaiNashik highway As many as 20 passengers of the private bus were injured in the accident and rushed to a local hospital for treatment he added reported PTIOne dead two injured as autorickshaw crashed into water tanker in ThaneIn another incident one person was killed and two others were seriously injured after an autorickshaw collided with a stationary water tanker in Maharashtras Thane city officials said on MondayThe incident occurred shortly before midnight on Sunday near Nitin CompanyCadbury Junction road Thane Municipal Corporations disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi saidThree passengers got trapped in the autorickshaw after it collided with a water tanker he said Rescue teams were immediately mobilisedThe fire brigade personnel managed to extricate the three trapped passengers after about half an hour They were taken to a government hospital where one of them identified as Bablu was declared dead the official saidThe two others aged 56 and 29 who suffered serious injuries were referred to Sion Hospital in neighbouring Mumbai for advanced treatment he saidThe accident caused a temporary disruption of traffic on the busy Eastern Express Highway stretch but normalcy was restored after the damaged autorickshaw was removedMeanwhile a man severely injured after being dashed by a car allegedly being driven by a inebriated woman on September 13 in Mumbais Ghatkopar area has died a police official said on Monday reported PTIThe man who is yet to be identified died on Sunday night while undergoing treatment the Ghatkopar police station official saidThe accident took place around 615 am near the Excel Arcade building on LBS Road barely 200m from Ghatkopar police station CCTV footage showed car driver Bhavika Dama 30 being helped by her friends and copassengers Koram Bhanusali 30 and Aniket Bhansode to escape in an autorickshaw the official said reported PTIWith inputs from PTI